Radiator foot-rail.



A. J. BEATON. RADIATOR FOOT RAIL. APPLIGATION FILED JULY 14, 1909.

Patented Apr. 26, 1910.

mi etm'els UNITED sratrns ALLAN J. BEATON, OF'NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASIGNOR TO THE BEATON 8v PATENT oFF oE.

BRADLEY COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT. A CORPORATION BADIATQR FOOT-RAIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

. atented Apr. 26, 19101 To all whom it may concern:

Be it kiiownthat I, Aunx J. Bnvrox, a 1

citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have inyeuted certain new andluseful Improvements in Radiator Foot-Rails,of which the following is a specification'.

My invention relates to improvements in radiator foot rails and the objects of my improvements are simplicity and economy in construction and comfort and convenience in use;

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of my radiator foot rail and a radiator. Fig. 2 is a plan of my radiator foot rail in part broken out, on an enlarged scale, witlrthe. outline of part of a radiator shown in broken lines. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of part of my foot rail." Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the same showing the rail in longitudinal section.

My radiator foot rail comprises a rail At supported on brackets B in a convenient position in front of. a radiator (i. As shown in the drawings. thesame is particularly adapted to a radiator of the sectional type, although by a slight change in the brackets B the same may be readilyadapted to other types of radiators.

The rail A may be of any ordinary kind, though I prefer to make. the same of brass tubing-l0, closing theends of the same for a finish with special brass plugs .11. The brackets 13 comprise eacha flat. forwardly projecting web 12 provided at the front with a transverse receiving slot 1 inclosed between two upwardly extending arms respectively a front arm let and a back arm 15 provided with a set screw 16, the said slot a fit for and adapted to adj ustably receive the said rail A which is locked in position by the said set screw 16. The said forwardly projecting web 12 extends forward from the upper central part of a radiator plate 17 comprising essentially a generally narrow vertically extending rectangular central plate having laterally extending bearing arms 18 on each side at the top and bottom, the said plate enerally flat and at right angles to the said web 12, though actually having the back surface 21 rounded or forwardly inclined f om the center toward the outer ends by an appreciable amount so as to-provide a means of adjustment of the ani gle and general relative alinement of the said transverse slot 13 with reference to the front face of the radiator The-said 7 I bearing arms 18- are adapted to bear against the front edges 19 ot' the two adjacent radiator sections 20, which front edges are generally vertical and of V form as shown in the drawings, the two arms on one side hear ing on one section and the two arms on the other side bearing on the other sectioiu'the back plate and arms bridging the space'between the saidtwo adjacentvseetions of the radiator so that by sliding the radiator plate 17- along longitudinally so as to change the bearing points of the rounded back surfacethe projection of the said web 12 witli.ref

varied and thereby the saidangular adj ustment ofthe said transverse slot 13 with refefieeted. The said'radiator plate 17 is provided with a hole 22 in the verticahcentral line just below the said web 12, and ess'en tially in the center of the plate or a little below for receiving a clamping screw 23, which screw is passed through the said hole from the frontbackward, leaving the head 241at the front and the screw thread at the back, and the body 30 between the radiator sections, said screw thread adapted to receive a special clamping'nnt- 2G. The said not 26 is essentially an elongated strip, drilled and tapped at the center to fit the screw thread 25, and of such length as to bridge the space between two adjacent sec tions of the radiator essentially as the plate 17 and arms 18 bridge the space in front. I prefer howeverto take advantage of any forward )rojecting formation at the back of the ra iator sections, as for instance the forward inclination of the adjacent back ,ing a corresponding formation to the bearing surfaces 28 of the said special clamping nut 26- sothat the body of thenut will project well forward into the space between the radiatorsections and permit the use of a 'shoilcr "clam ping screw 23. The central serewthreaded part of said not 2(i-1nay be lengthened and reinforced att'the back by ard maybe provided in the said not. By means ofithe said clamping screw 23 and nut 26 the bracket B may be clamped at cs- 21 against the front edges 19, the angle of erence to the face of the ;radiat.or C may be a boss 29so that a thread longer than stand-- erence to the face of the radiator-C- may be sides 27 of the radiator sections 20 by providsentially any height and at any portion longitudinally along the front of the radiator C.

In use,.a pair of brackets B are used to support a single rail. A, and by the adjustment of the individual brackets described a considerable variation in the position of therail' A may be effected. I prefer however to so construct and adjust the parts that the rail may be of approximately the length of the radiator, and may be setup horizonta'lly, at a height about a quarter the height of the radiator or a foot or so I above the floor, and the ends of the rail A overhangin the brackets B by an appreciable fraction of the total length of the rail.

For artisticefiect especial attention may be given to the design for the form of the bracket B and special attention given to the finish of the parts, especially the exposed parts.

In the description given my foot rail has been applied to a radiator of the-multiple section ty e. By changes in the form of the back ace of the bracket B and the 10- precise form of construction shown and described, but desire the liberty to make such changes, in working my invention, as may fairly come within thespirit and scope of. the same. I

I claim as my invention 2-- 1. A support for a radiator foot rail comprising a bracket having rail supporting clamped.

r in means combined with means for clamping against the frontedge of a pair of adjacent radiator sections, the said latter means comprising an essentially plate-like member' such as to ap ear from the frontlike a flat plate and avin a back clamping surface of shallow we go shaped formation, the deviation ofathe send back clampim sur- 7 face from a lane surface bein slight,

though appreciable, so as to permit of angular adjustment the inclination of the same being such that under pressure the sa d surface will tend to prevent the spread.

' of the said front edges of the radiator sections against which the same may be A bracket for a radiator foot rail comprising a forwardly pro ect1ng 'web" ro vlded with rail receiving and 1101 in means, and an integral support for said we .65

comprising a generally rectangular back plate from the .upper part of which the said web projects, havin a hole for aclamping screw immediately elow said web and generally in the middle of the 'plate, and atthe four corners laterally extending clamping arms. -j

3. A bracket for a radiator foot rail comprising a. -forwardly ,projecting i w b.

vided with a rail receiving slot and rail holding means and an integral and essentially flat back plate having the said web attached to the upper central part,xupper and lower laterally extending clamplng arms, a back clampin surfacecomprisingBO the back surface of sai plate and arms the said clamping surface 'enerally 'sli htlythough appreciably roun ed and a ho e for clampin screw below said web and ap reciably above the bottom edge of said p ate. 8 5

ALLAN J. BEATON.

lVitnesses-z SHEFFIELD H. CLARKE, Louis M. SCHMIDT. 

